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Valentinite Native Sulphur

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Valentinite Native Sulphur

Jean Béhier
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Djebel Senza, Ain Babouche, Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
46.00gr
Description

A 360° cyrstallized ball displaying pearly white valentinite sprays with yellow native sulphur and/or stibiconite on the tips. 

From the early 20th century Jean Béhier collection, a well-known French mineralogist from the Tours city, who acquired this specimen before 1939. On his label is written "Exitèle, Valentinite  Algérie" ; "exitèle" is the ancient word for valentinite.

Acquired: 
<1939
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Valentinite

Formula: 
Sb2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.55
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Les Chalanches Mine, Allemont, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

Sulphur

Formula: 
S8
Strunz: 
1.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.5

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